True stories of animal rescues

Extraordinary cases were humans have saved animals, including the phenomenal gorilla c-section surgery.

It's not hard to see why this poor polar bear has been named the world's saddest polar bear after being kept in cramped conditions for 300 days in a mall in China

This was because he felt it was still too soft, and was worried without the pin it would not fully heal.

The bird was checked again two weeks later and it was discovered that the end of the wing bones had died and not fused back together.

Noel put on a bionic wing - and four weeks later he was healing well, managing to fly around in his aviary.

He was released back into the wild successfully - and he could potentially live for up to 25 years.

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The buzzard was given a bionic wing on in the Supervet's surgery

The Supervet also saw seven-year-old labrador Charlie, who was suffering with severe elbow problems.

Test results showed Charlie was affected very badly, with his joints burnt by friction.

He had to undergo major surgery, with Noel implanting a plate to take the pressure off his joints.

The operation was successful, and Charlie went home where he had to rest for weeks to allow the legs to fully heal.

However eight weeks later he was rushed back to the vet as he had developed a problem with the leg that was operated on as he had a spiral fracture - and Noel had to put in another plate across the whole leg.